Improvement in iron fences



T. ROGERS. Iron Pence.

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10.211.933 Patented Feb.n4,1s79.

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Iron Fence.

No. 211,933. Patented Feb.'4, 1879.

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TIMOTHY ROGERS, OF FREDERICKTOWN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF/HIS RIGHT TO BENJAMIN A. F. GREER, OF MOUNT VERNON, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN IRON FENCES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 2] 1,933, dated February 4, 1879; application filed `Ianuary 15, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, TIMOTHY ROGERS, of Fredericktown, in the county of Knox and State of Ohio, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Iron Fences, and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference bein g had to the accompanyin gdrawin gs, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and iigures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings shows a front elevation of a section of my fence, and Fig. 2 is a representation of a post of my fence. Fig. 3 is a detailed view of a part, and Fig. 4 is a front elevation on an incline. Fig. 5 is a sectional view.

The object of the invention is to provide a means whereby the rails ot' an iron fence may be more readily adapted to the irregularities of the ground than heretofore, and the pickets to be in a permanently vertical position, and always the same relative distance apart, whether the fence be on a level or at an inclination of an angle of forty-five degrees.

My invention consists in an iron fence having curved-rod pickets and pairs of paralleled rods forming the rails of said fence; and it also consists of minor improvements hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

The picket is slid into the lugs on the ornament, and the points ofthe grasping-lugs are then bent down on the picket, thus grasping the said picket lirmly.

The ornaments E E are fastened to the pickets in a similar manner to the ornaments G C,

but having four ras infr-lu 's m1902003 x4. The

o g P e g 7 picket, being thus bent and ornamented as described, is then fastened to the rails A A, as follows: The bolty is passed through the center hole in the ornament, and between the rails A A, and through the bracket H. (See Fig. 3.) The bolt receives a nut on the back of the bracket H, and when drawn up snug the bracket H forms a truss to the rails A A. This allows the rails of the fence to be inclined while the pickets are in a vertical position. A

The ornaments D are fastened to the rails in a similar manner with a bolt and bracket. These ornaments are made with ends raised to clasp over the pickets, thus keeping the pickets the same relative distance apart, whether on a level or an inclination.

The rails are fastened to the posts, as shown in vertical sectional view, Fig. 5, the rear bracket-piece, g, having a center hole for the bolt m., and grooves g g' for the reception of the rails. The front bracket, F, is also provided with a hole for said bolt m, the rear bracket, g, being placed on the front piece, F; then an ornament, D, is also placed in position, and the bolt mis put through and between the parallel post-bars sl s2. The washer I is then put on and thenut drawn up, bringing all together firmly.` This allows the rails ready adjustment to any desired inclination; and by the use of two rails in conjunction, to form the rails of a fence, I break joints with the rails, leaving a quarter of an inch space between the ends ot' the rails, thus allowing 'for expansion and contraction to a better advantage, as the joints are not all on one post, as is the case with fences using but one rail.

Fig. 2 represents a side view of my post and its fastenings to the base or anchor. The post isformed of two bars, s1 and s2, of flat bar-iron. To' the bottom end of the bars s1 s2 are riveted two other bars, Tl T2. These bars pass through the anchor O, and receive at the rear end the brace-bar R.

The bars TI and Tz are held in position by the washerU and double picket-rod, or a picket bent in a half-circle at the top end, thus really forming two pickets, and ornamented, as may be desired, with ornaments having a hole in the center of the same for the reception of a bolt, upon which the picket can be readily adjusted to any grade that :may be desired to place it, when a bolt is passed through the center hole of the ornament and between the rails, as will be hereinafter more fully explained.

In the annexed drawings, A A designate the rails of my fence, of which there are two, parallel with each other; and B B are pickets formed of round or oval iron o' any suitable dimensions, the top end of said pickets being bent to a half-circle, of the dimension that the pickets are to be apart, said pickets being ornamented in the following manner: The top or bent end of the picket receives the ornament Having thus described my invention, what C, as herein described. The ornament is made I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patin cross-section, V1 V2, the same Width as the outside circle of the top of the picket, the` ornament being conformed at these points to the shape of the picket, and is also provided on the rea-r side with grasping-lugs @l o2, and at the top end also with a grasping-lug', '03, and the bolt K. This allows the post or the Whole line of fence to be adjusted at any time, either front or back, on the foundation.

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The double-grooved brackets g F, Washers I, and nut and bolt n and m, in combina-tion with the post-bars s1 s2 and rails A A, substantially as andfOr the purpose set forth.

TIMOTHY ROGERS.

Witnesses:

ISAAC D. MAXWELL, C. S. PYLE. 

